Pushing martial arts horizontally: starting from depriving the mantis shrimp of its talent

Chapter 2 Is This Immortal?

It was already daybreak, and many fishmongers in the fish market began to close their stalls. Chen Cheng had not found a mantis shrimp yet.

Sighing, Chen Cheng thought that there was no harvest today, when he suddenly saw another awning boat rowing slowly over from the pier, and its draft was very high.

"Is the ship broken?"

With the idea of ​​​​making two shots with or without dates, Chen Cheng walked to the fishing boat docked and asked the old fisherman with a weathered face on the boat.

"Old man, are there any mantis shrimps?"

I thought it would be in vain again, but unexpectedly things took a turn for the better.

"Yes! How could it not be!"

When the old fisherman heard the mantis shrimp, the tiredness on his face turned into anger.

"What the hell!"

"I have been fishing for so many years, and I have never come back with a full harvest. This time, my leg was broken by a mantis shrimp!"

"A nest of mantis shrimps got into my net. There were too many fish in the way, so I put them all into the fish hold without seeing them."

"After a while, I heard a thud, the boat rocked a bit, and then started to draw water."

"I was thinking bad, so I opened the fish hold and took a look. Sure enough, there was a big hole. All the fish were gone. Only a small mantis shrimp and an old turtle were stuck at the entrance of the hole."

"Damn it! If I can run away, how can I and you run away?"

"I'll go up and stab it to death. Now all that's left is the dead mantis shrimp and a turtle. Do you want it?"

The old fisherman took out a dead mantis shrimp that was only half the size of a palm, and an old turtle that stretched its neck and turned around to bite the hand.

"Damn it? That stinks? How much does it cost, old turtle?"

Chen Cheng showed disgust on his face and looked at the old turtle who was still biting people tirelessly.

"You can give me fifty cents. It's just a piece of meat."

Old turtles don't have much meat and are not worth much. A few years ago, when the times were good, I would step on one when I went down the river.

"Fifty cents? That's expensive, twenty."

Chen Cheng touched the corner of his clothes and shook his head, looking embarrassed.

According to normal prices, an adult palm-sized mantis shrimp only costs ten cents, so it is normal for Chen Cheng not to bring enough money.

"Twenty?! This is too little, not enough for me to buy tobacco leaves! If you add more, I will give you the dead mantis shrimp."

"That's 21."

Chen Cheng's face was full of confusion.

The old man looked upset at the mantis shrimp and simply didn't bother to bargain any more.

"21 is 21."

When Chen Fang heard this, a smile appeared on his face. He reached into his pocket and finally took out a large handful of copper coins, about seventy or eighty.

While the old man blowing his beard and staring, he discharged 21 big coins, and then took away the old turtle and the torn off little mantis shrimp.

"Dad, thank you very much!"

Chen Chengyi cupped his hands and ran away.

"Hey! I broke my legs twice today!"

Hearing the angry roar coming from his father-in-law behind him, Chen Cheng chuckled, slapped the old turtle's head away as he turned to bite him, and then ran quickly towards home.

It won't be long before I have to go to the boxing gym to learn boxing, so I can't delay.

Back in the house, Chen Cheng threw the old turtle into the water tank and then picked up the mantis shrimp.

As my mind moved, I saw the spots on the mantis shrimp in my field of vision begin to twist, and finally turned into lines of words.

[Super-dimensional vision]: The mantis shrimp's compound eyes can receive ultraviolet and polarized light, and have vision beyond the human range.

[Infinite Division]: As a lobster, cells have the ability to divide infinitely.Not affected by cell division limits.

[Unparalleled punching power]: The third secondary foot of the mantis shrimp has super speed and punching power.

Seeing the three talents possessed by the mantis shrimp, Chen Cheng's face was full of excitement. Not to mention other things, the infinite division alone was enough to make everyone crazy.

As long as nothing unexpected happens, possessing this ability is equivalent to gaining immortality.

Chen Cheng's face turned solemn, and he reached out to grab a few lines of entries floating on the mantis shrimp. Suddenly, the entries seemed to turn into entities, gradually twisting, and being caught in his hand.

The feeling of fullness in his body quickly disappeared. Chen Cheng spread his hands and saw a talisman with a mantis shrimp engraved on both sides lying quietly. "This is the Mantis Shrimp Talisman. Just load it and you will have all the talents of the Mantis Shrimp."

Chen Cheng held a mantis shrimp talisman the size of an egg and stuffed it into his forehead.

When the talisman touched his forehead, his forehead swung open like water, and the talisman was put in without any resistance.

The next second, Chen Cheng felt a burst of electricity quickly spread from his forehead to his whole body. He shuddered and then returned to his original state.

"Nothing has changed for the time being. It seems it will take some time."

Chen Cheng threw away the smelly mantis shrimp, locked the door and walked towards the boxing gym.

Along the way, Chen Cheng suddenly felt that his vision was gradually clearing, as if he had

720P gradually increases to 1080P.

Even dark corners can be seen clearly.

"The spell is starting to work."

Excitement arose in Chen Cheng's heart, and his steps became much more cheerful. After taking two steps, he suddenly jumped up.

"Cough cough!"

When he saw the surprised looks in other passers-by's eyes, Chen Cheng paused, cleared his throat, calmed down his excitement, and left with a serious face.

Not long after arriving at the boxing gym, Senior Brother Ma De allowed the old students to practice freely, and then came to Chen Cheng and other newcomers, and said
"Practice martial arts to strengthen your qi and blood, improve your body's strength, and achieve faster speed and stronger strength."

"So, in addition to practicing martial arts, you also need to eat more meat. Otherwise, practicing martial arts will have no effect at the end, and you will go out to ruin the reputation of my gravel fist."

As he said that, Ma De glanced at Chen Cheng casually.

Chen Cheng has been in the gym for half a month, but he has not grown stronger at all. Instead, he has lost weight due to a lot of exercise.

Mader went on to say
"What I taught you before was just the gravel boxing routine. What I want to teach you next is the training method."

"Fighting is used to fight the enemy, training is used to strengthen the body."

Chen Cheng immediately cheered up and listened attentively, as did everyone else.

Ma De took Chen Cheng and other newcomers to a part of the yard, which was filled with various stone equipment, including barbells of various sizes and stone locks.

Ma De casually picked up a fifty kilogram stone lock, and then very slowly practiced a routine that was very similar to his fighting style.

The stone lock weighing fifty kilograms seemed to not exist in his hands, slowly and steadily.

While practicing, Ma De explained

"The training method of gravel boxing requires weight-bearing, and the exercise should not be fast, but as slow as possible, so that every muscle involved can be fully exercised."

After completing a set of exercises slowly, 15 minutes have passed.

Ma De put down the stone lock in his hand, exhaled, and then looked at the somewhat uninterested crowd. He was all too familiar with this situation.

Others think that after entering the boxing gym, it must be such a high-level exercise, but real kung fu is only developed through such slow and hard work.

"Okay, now everyone chooses the stone lock that suits them and then starts practicing."

Everyone heard the sound and walked up and started choosing.

Chen Cheng started with the [-]-pound stone lock in the middle, grabbed the handle, and tried to lift it up. However, it was not too difficult to lift the [-]-pound stone lock, but it was not so easy to keep it flat.

After holding on for two seconds, my muscles started to feel sore, and I couldn't help but descend bit by bit.

"Let's start small."

Chen Cheng shook his head and finally chose a ten-pound stone lock.

After everyone selected the appropriate stone lock, Ma De began to guide everyone's movements and demonstrated it himself from time to time.

The complete set took almost an hour to knock down.

Someone gritted his teeth and couldn't help asking
"Senior Brother, when can we start practicing Stone Fist like this?"

Ma De adjusted a person's posture, straightened up and said
"Practice gravel fist is not just something you want to practice. Practicing gravel fist requires consuming qi and blood, and you have very little qi and blood at this stage. You must at least wait until your qi and blood are full before you can start."

"Then when will the Qi and blood meet the conditions?"

"Gravel Fist is divided into three realms: cowhide, stone skin and copper skin. When your energy and blood are full and your temples are bulging, you can start practicing."

Ma De tapped his temples, and Chen Cheng observed it. Sure enough, Ma De's temples were much more bulging than others, and those more senior students were also more bulging than them.

(End of this chapter)